[DHP, CH, SSM]
(a) |
Describe influences on the sensitization and desensitization of conscience (e.g., family, friends, grace, formal and informal education, media, cultural traditions). |
(b) |
Reflect upon the extent to which one's conscience and moral beliefs influence one's actions (e.g., resistance to peer pressure; moral relativism; environmental, economic and social sustainability; cohabitation; digital behaviours such as sexting and cyberbullying). |
(c) |
Assess the difference between doing good and avoiding evil including the role of silent majorities and unquestioned obedience (e.g., Nazism, KKK, slavery, ISIS, Edmund Burke's statement: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing"). |
(d) |
Examine and represent (e.g., through presentations or arts expressions) ideas about conscience and morality such as:
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(e) |
Examine the role of conscience in moral judgment through the three sources of Catholic morality (i.e., the moral object, the intention and the circumstances). |
(f) |
Discuss personal implications and responsibilities stemming from the Church teaching about the concept of primacy of conscience. |